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Ladies make clothes for Haiti
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April Campbell at McMinnville Church of God sews one of the many pillowcase dresses the ladies ministries produced this past Saturday during their first Sewing for Souls project. The dresses are made out of pillowcases and other donated fabrics and are sent to Haiti where there is a need for clothing.
With a tremendous need for clothing and other essentials in nearby Haiti, several local ladies are doing what they can to answer the call, converting old pillowcases into dresses to send to the impoverished nation.“We are actually piggy-backing on a ministry one of the ladies at our church, Faye Wakeley, started,” said Karen Marsh, one of the organizers of the event at McMinnville Church of God this past Saturday. “She makes pillowcase dresses and sends them to Haiti.”Marsh says little girls in Haiti are required to be covered up in order to leave their homes, but given the poverty there, dresses are often too expensive. The pillowcase dresses are an answer to the problem.“It’s something cute to wear and something they can wash in their rivers and creeks near their homes,” Marsh noted.